[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1.56a]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 1_ORGANIZATION AND DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C_Delegations
 
Sec.  1.56a  Delegations to the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 
International Affairs.

    The Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs is 
delegated authority to:
    (a) Represent the Secretary of Transportation on various interagency 
boards, committees, and commissions to include the Trade Policy Review 
Group and the Trade Policy Staff Committee.
    (b) Except with respect to proceedings under section 4(e) of the 
Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 307) relating to safety 
fitness of an applicant, decide on requests to intervene or appear 
before administrative agencies to present the views of the Department 
subject to concurrence by the General Counsel.
    (c) Carry out the functions of the Secretary pertaining to aircraft 
with respect to Transportation Orders T-1 and T-2 (44 CFR chapter IV) 
under the Act of September 8, 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 2061 et 
seq.) and Executive Order No. 10480 (3 CFR, 1949-1953 comp., p. 962), as 
amended.
    (d) Serve as Department of Transportation member of the Interagency 
Group on International Aviation, and pursuant to Executive Order No. 
11382 (3 CFR, 1966-1970 comp., p. 691), as amended, serve as Chair of 
the Group.
    (e) Serve as second alternate representing the Secretary of 
Transportation to the Trade Policy Committee as mandated by 
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1979 (5 U.S.C. app. at 1381 (1988)) and 
Executive Order No. 12188 (3 CFR, 1980 comp., p. 131), as amended.
    (f)(1) As supplemented by 14 CFR part 385, as limited by paragraph 
(f)(2) of this section, and except as provided in Sec. Sec.  1.53(g), 
1.57(a), and 1.57(s) of this title, carry out the functions transferred 
to the Department from the Civil Aeronautics Board under the following 
statutes:
    (i) 49 U.S.C. app. 1551(b); and
    (ii) Section 4(a)(1) through (4), (6), and (8) through (10) of the 
Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset Act of 1984 (49 U.S.C. app. 1553(a)(1) 
through (4), (6), and (8) through (10)).
    (2) Insofar as the delegation in this paragraph (f) authorizes 
review of decisions of the Designated Senior Career Official in the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs 
under Sec.  1.56b of this title, the authority is limited to approving 
any such decision or remanding it for reconsideration by the Designated 
Senior Career Official, with a full written explanation of the basis for 
the remand.
    (g) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by the following 
subsections of section 1115 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as 
amended, which relates to the security of foreign airports:
    (1) Subsection 1115(e)(1), in coordination with the General Counsel, 
and the Federal Aviation Administrator; and
    (2) Subsection 1115(e)(3), in coordination with the General Counsel, 
the Federal Aviation Administrator, the Assistant Secretary for 
Governmental Affairs, and the Assistant Secretary for Administration.
    (h) Carry out the following statutory provisions relating to 
consumer protection:
    (1) Section 4(a)(5) of the Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset Act of 
1984 (49 U.S.C. app. 1553(a)(5)) relating to enforcement of the Consumer 
Credit Protection Act;
    (2) Sections 101(3) (relating to relieving certain carriers from 
provisions of the Federal Aviation Act), 204 (relating to taking such 
actions and issuing such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
responsibilities under the Act), 404 (relating to enforcing the duty of 
carriers to provide safe and adequate service), 407(a) (relating to 
requiring the production of information), 407(e) (relating to entering 
carrier property, and inspecting records), 411 (relating to determining 
whether any carrier or ticket agent is engaged in unfair or deceptive 
practices or unfair methods of competition), and 416 (relating to 
establishing just and reasonable classifications of carriers and rules 
to be followed by each) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, 
(49 U.S.C. 1301(3), 1324, 1374, 1377 (a) and (e), 1381, and 1386) as 
appropriate to the consumer protection functions in this paragraph.
    (i) Carry out the functions of the Secretary pertaining to a 
determination of whether a fee imposed upon one or

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more air carriers by the owner or operator of an airport is reasonable 
under section 113 of the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization 
Act of 1994 (August 23, 1994; Pub. L. 103-305; 108 Stat. 1577-1579).
    (j) Carry out section 101(a)(2) of the Air Transportation Safety and 
System Stabilization Act (Public Law 107-42, 115 Stat. 230), as 
delegated to the Secretary of Transportation by the President pursuant 
to a Presidential Memorandum dated September 25, 2001.

[Amdt. 1-261, 59 FR 10063, Mar. 3, 1994, as amended by Amdt. 1-266, 60 
FR 11046, Mar. 1, 1995; Amdt. 1-269, 60 FR 15877, Mar. 28, 1995; 66 FR 
55599, Nov. 2, 2001]